2009-04-20, 11:56 PM
Harrisonized Wrote:Beauty to me is the combination of having an idealistic appearance and having the intelligence to think for one's self (originality). However, since the dictionary is giving me:
let's just go with the dictionary definition.
You hit the part on originality, but had she said "I believe that marriage should be between a man and a woman", imagine what kind of uproar she would have caused. As you put it, beauty is how well someone conforms to society's ideals. She said the "In my country and family" part to appease the crowd, as evidenced by her saying "But I was raised in a way that you can never compromise your beliefs and your opinions for anything."
That means that she probably didn't state her true beliefs, probably just the one that's conforming to the ideals, hence hitting your definition of beauty.
I do agree that if she can't think on her own, she's not worthy of winning, but what IS an original belief? I'm certain that most of your beliefs (if not all of them) have already been thought up by some other person that you didn't know about.
Original as in you arrive at the thought/belief through your own work and experiences - in other words, that, while others may influence them, there is a deeper meaning to them than "this is what I was taught." Knowledge and facts are things that are rigid, at least to current human understanding, and can be taught. Beliefs and values are something that one has to arrive at on their own for any real meaning to be associated with them. Any "belief" that is passed down by a parent is nothing more than a shallow excuse for a person to not question the way the world works.